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for hours without flapping its wings at all. The bird does this by extending
its wings as wide as possible, and the span of its wings reaches up to 3.5
meters (11.5 feet). This is the largest wing span among all bird species.
Making use of ascending air currents and winds, the albatross moves in
their direction. It proceeds in zigzags in the wind and passes from the top
of one current to another. So, the albatross flies over the sea for hours with-
out flapping its wings. But how can it perform this quite difficult task?
What makes this bird so strong?
On land, albatrosses walk with a waddle and appear to be very
clumsy, but in the air, they are among the most graceful of sea birds.
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